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Boca Chita Key

25.51°N · 80.17°W

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Conditions
Time
1 PM
Now
Score
75
Good
Tide
1.8 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
11 kn
E · steady
Sea state
Easy
2 ft @ 5 s NE
Air temp
80°
Warm
Weather
Clear
1% cloud
Hour 1 PM. Score 75 Good. Tide 1.8ft Rising ▲. Current +1.3kn Flood. Wind 11kn E G15. Sea 2 ft @ 5 s NE Easy. Air 80.2°.

Why this score

Current
0.6 kn light
Prime

Current regulations

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What you can keep at this spot today

Common Snook
Retention open
Daily limit
1 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
28–32" slot
Gear
Hook and line only
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Slot 28-32 in total length. Snook permit and recreational license required. Must remain whole until landed. Captain and crew on for-hire trip may not retain a bag limit. No commercial harvest or sale. Special regulations apply in Biscayne National Park.
Season
Sep 1 to Dec 14
Other species here
Yellowtail Snapper Retention openCrevalle Jack Rules not loaded yet · Check FWC ↗Mutton Snapper Retention openKing Mackerel Retention openGray Snapper Retention open
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Source: FWC · Florida Atlantic State Waters: Southeast Region · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Common Snook is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Common Snook
~2 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE

DEPTH
10-35 ft
Rock
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

About Boca Chita Key

Boca Chita Key is an outer, exposed rock drop-off off Miami, where the bottom falls away from 10 to 35 feet along a hard edge in Florida's southeast Atlantic waters. Common Snook, Gray Snapper, and Yellowtail Snapper peak from May through July, Mutton Snapper peak from April through June, and King Mackerel take over from November through March, with Crevalle Jack also working the area. Snapper anglers bottom fish the rock with cut bait, live shrimp, and live pilchards for Gray Snapper and with live ballyhoo and squid for Mutton Snapper. Yellowtail Snapper respond to chumming with frozen chum blocks and glass minnows along the drop. Snook hold on the edge for live bait drifting with pilchards, mullet, and pinfish, while winter King Mackerel fall to slow trolling with live goggle eyes and blue runners along the deeper water.

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